{"id":"proc-early-payment-discount-dates-and-flag","audience":"finance","category":"operations-work","track":"operations","technique":"verification","level":"intermediate","title":"Work out discount dates and amount for 2/10 net 30 terms","free":false,"task":"Accounts payable asked whether to take an early-payment discount. Write a prompt for plain text with exactly five lines: \"Discount:\", \"Discount deadline:\", \"Net due date:\", \"Amount if discounted:\" and \"Flag for finance:\". Count days from the invoice date as the terms state. Show the math. The flag line says the cash timing choice belongs to Finance. Under 80 words.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"INVOICE SUMMARY\nVendor: Axle Parts Co.\nInvoice 9021, dated March 3, received by AP on March 6.\nAmount: $18,000.00\nTerms: 2/10 net 30 - a 2% discount if paid within 10 days of the invoice date, otherwise the full amount is due 30 days after the invoice date.\n\nAP NOTE: The clerk started counting from March 6 because that is when the invoice arrived.\n\nCash forecast: paying on the discount deadline moves the cash out about 20 days earlier than paying on the due date. March cash is tighter than usual.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Quotes the five labels","patterns":["discount:","discount deadline:","net due date:","amount if discounted:","flag for finance:"]},{"label":"Counts from the invoice date","patterns":["invoice date","not the received","from march 3"]},{"label":"Shows the math","patterns":["show the math","x 2%"]},{"label":"Leaves timing to Finance","patterns":["finance","cash timing","decision"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Counting from the received date","why":"The AI follows the clerk and starts at March 6.","fix":"Say: \"Count days from the invoice date, not the received date.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Recommending to take it","why":"The AI says to take the discount.","fix":"Say: \"Flag that the cash timing decision belongs to Finance.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong lines","why":"The AI writes a paragraph.","fix":"Quote the five labels in order.","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI adds bold, headings and bullets by default, which show up as stray symbols where this is pasted.","fix":"Say \"plain text, no bold, no headings, no asterisks\".","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague \"keep it short\" lands over the limit.","fix":"Cap each part instead of the total, for example \"each line under 15 words\".","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Say where to count days from, show the discount math and name who decides.","mission":"Work out the discount deadline and amount under 2/10 net 30.","musts":["Count from invoice date","Show the math","Finance decides timing"],"rubricLabels":["There are five lines starting Discount:, Discount deadline:, Net due date:, Amount if discounted: and Flag for finance: in that order","Discount shows 18,000 x 2% = 360, Discount deadline is March 13 and Net due date is April 2, both counted from the invoice date of March 3 (not March 6)","Amount if discounted shows 18,000 - 360 = 17,640, and Flag for finance says the choice of cash timing belongs to Finance"]}